What is "missing" in this blood test?

Buy Lab Tests Online

Kristian

New Member
Hi,
I live in Norway and TRT is in the dark ages here (due to "hormone-phobia" etc). Its a challenge to find a good doctor and proper help.

Anyway, I recently changed my doctor because the previous one retired.

I do not feel as good as I had hoped on my protocol now. My libido is low. What should be checked on the blood work for this issue in particular? I train and live healthy and I try to manage stress, so I feel reasonably sure this is a hormonal issue.

See the photo below. This is what my new doctor measures. I feel there are flaws in this blood test. They do not even measure estrogen/estrodial at all - nor do they measure prolactin.

I guess I need to ask my doctor, respectfully of course, to do a more comprehensive blood test. What else should be measured? What is "missing" from the list below?

I apologize if this has been covered ad nauseam elsewhere in the forum.... I cannot find what I am looking for, so hopefully a new thread about the topic is ok.

Thanks for your feedback!
K.

1535715332157.png
 
Defy Medical TRT clinic doctor
It's hard to advise you when we don't know what meds you take or what protocol you are following or what previous labs look like.
 
Kristian,

Welcome to the forum.

This is what I would test for:
CBC (Complete Blood Count - this would include Hemoglobin and Hematocrit)
CMP (Complete Metabolic Panel)
Lipid Panel (if not included in CMP)
Iron
Ferritin
HbA1c
Fasting Glucose
Total Testosterone
Free Testosterone
Estradiol Sensitive, LC/MS/MS assay

DHEA-s
SHBG
Prolactin
PSA
Thyroid Panel - to include TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPOab antibody, TgAB antibody

Since you are already on TRT there is no reason to test FSH and LH as your HPTA is shutdown and your are not producing LH and FSH at this time.

Most of these are pretty basic test but relating to TRT some are more critical in determining the best TRT protocol you should be on. Those are: Free Testosterone, SHBG, and Estradiol Sensitive.

Hope this helps.
 
It's hard to advise you when we don't know what meds you take or what protocol you are following or what previous labs look like.

Well, you might be right, ..... I guess I assumed that what should be measured in a basic blood test for TRT purposes are more or less the same regardless of my protocol and past blood work?

I did not include past blood work because the proper tests are now so old that I think they are irrelevant. The last ones I have taken only contain the information in my original post, and are therefore incomplete.

As for my protocol the doctor wants me to take Nebido 1000mg/4ml - one injection every 10-12 weeks. That is in fact the only thing he is willing to offer me - anything other than this protocol he says is considered steroid abuse. Obviously this protocol is worthless, I have tried it before and I feel like shit on Nebido, so I need to take additional test injections to avoid the roller coaster effect... To know my dosage I obviously need to have good bloodwork....

Also, I did not go into all this because I feel that is subject for another thread....
 
Beyond Testosterone Book by Nelson Vergel
Kristian,

Welcome to the forum.

This is what I would test for:
CBC (Complete Blood Count - this would include Hemoglobin and Hematocrit)
CMP (Complete Metabolic Panel)
Lipid Panel (if not included in CMP)
Iron
Ferritin
HbA1c
Fasting Glucose
Total Testosterone
Free Testosterone
Estradiol Sensitive, LC/MS/MS assay

DHEA-s
SHBG
Prolactin
PSA
Thyroid Panel - to include TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPOab antibody, TgAB antibody

Since you are already on TRT there is no reason to test FSH and LH as your HPTA is shutdown and your are not producing LH and FSH at this time.

Most of these are pretty basic test but relating to TRT some are more critical in determining the best TRT protocol you should be on. Those are: Free Testosterone, SHBG, and Estradiol Sensitive.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the reply..... I will look at this and make some suggestions to the doctor. Perhaps this is all basic stuff to measure at a US clinic, but as I mentioned - TRT is a bit in the dark ages here.... As far as I know, Estradiol sensitive is very rarely measured in TRT in men in any european country, so that will be a challenge....
 
Buy Lab Tests Online
Defy Medical TRT clinic

Sponsors

bodybuilder test discounted labs
cheap enclomiphene
TRT in UK Balance my hormones
Discounted Labs
Testosterone Doctor Near Me
Testosterone books nelson vergel
Register on ExcelMale.com
Trimix HCG Offer Excelmale
BUY HCG CIALIS

Online statistics

Members online
3
Guests online
7
Total visitors
10

Latest posts

Top